Daily Archives: August 8, 2018

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – Michigan basketball coach John Beilein has undergone a double-bypass heart procedure and is expected to make a full recovery. The school said Tuesday that Beilein is expected to leave the hospital in a few days and be “fully active” by the start of the season. The 65-year-old Beilein won’t go on the team’s trip to ...

(Detroit News Watch) – With Michigan’s primary only days away, indications are it could be a record turnout Tuesday as voters head to the polls. Secretary of State Ruth Johnson appeared with Carol Cain, Senior Producer/Host of “Michigan Matters” and talked about the primary. Already 50 percent more Michigan residents requested absentee ballots than four years ago (600,00 vs 400,000). ...

By Norm Elrod The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have one of the more storied rivalries in baseball, and possibly all of sports. So an early-August series at Fenway between the two, with both teams in the midst of strong seasons, seemed likely to add another chapter, or at least a few paragraphs. And it did, with the ...

(CBS) It’s no secret that Detroit is a city on the rise making it the perfect place to hold this year’s National Association of Black Journalists Convention (NABJ). This year’s convention ran August 1 through 5 and was held at GM’s Renaissance Center. It’s been 26 years since the convention was last held in the Motor City. Over 3,000 journalists and ...

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Updates from elsewhere: In the crowded 11th District U.S. Congressional race, Republican Lena Epstein and Democrat Haley Stevens are leading their respective tickets, the Detroit News reports. But only about a third of precincts have reported yet. And the SMART millage is passing by wide margins in Wayne and Oakland Counties, and a comfortable one ...